Wychingham Early Origins

The surname Wychingham was first found in Norfolk at Wychingham, more commonly known as Wichingham. Today Great Witchingham is a village and civil parish about 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Norwich, in the union of St. Faith, hundred of Eynsford. Witchingham Hall, built in the 16th century, was demolished in the 1980s. The parish church of St Mary notes that John Britton, Bishop of Hereford, who died in 1275, and Sir William Wychinghara, judge of the common pleas in 1363, were natives of the parish. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. Little Witchingham is a parish nearby.0

Wychingham Spelling Variations

Wychingham Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winchingham, Wichingham, Witchingham, Winchinham, Wynchingham, Wychinham and many more.

Wychingham Early History

Wychingham Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wychingham research. Another 353 words (25 lines of text) covering the years 1257, 1140, 1200, 1246, 1320, 1381, 1510, 1600, 1177, 1552, 1360, 1381, 1350, 1396, 1455, 1346, 1349 and 1357 are included under the topic Early Wychingham History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wychingham Early Notables (pre 1700)

Wychingham Early Notables (pre 1700)

Distinguished members of the family include Richard de Wychingham (died c. 1360); and his son, Sir William de Wychingham, (died 1381), son of Richard de Wichingham, was lord in the 33d of Edward III; and his son, Nicholas Wychingham (born c. 1350), esquire, of Wichingham, Norfolk whose daughter Elizabeth...

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The Great Migration

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

The Wychingham Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Wychingham Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.